Miriam Macgregor (born 1935) is a British author, illustrator, wood engraver, and fine press compositor. Born in Shillong, Assam, Macgregor was educated at the Guildford School of Art.[1] She began her professional career in the art department of the publisher B. T. Batsford, before becoming a freelance artist.[2] In 1977, she began to work for the fine press publisher, Whittington Press.[3][4] At the time, all type was set by hand.[5] She still works at the Whittington Press as a compositor and illustrator. She has created images for other fine press publishers, including the Folio Society[1] and Primrose Hill Press. Macgregor is a self-taught wood engraver[2] and member of the Society of Wood Engravers and Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers. She has furnished wood engravings for the horticultural journal, Hortus, in addition to countless wood engravings and pochoir illustrations for books and posters published by the Whittington Press.[2] In addition to the texts she has illustrated, her subjects primarily concern English rural life, farming, architecture, botany, and felines.[6] Macgregor has published several collections of her own images, and curated a collection of contemporary wood engravings of cats, published by Primrose Hill Press in 1999 as Cat cuts.[7]
Miriam Macgregor | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1935 Shillong, Assam, India |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Guildford School of Art |
| Known for | Wood engraving, illustration |
Selected titles
edit- Midwinter: wood-engravings. (Whittington Press, 2012)
- Miriam Macgregor: thirty-one wood engravings chosen by the artist with an autobiographical note. (Primrose Academy & Rampant Lions Press, 2003)
- Cat cuts: a collection of engravers' cats. (Primrose Hill Press, 1999)
- New Castle: a brief encounter. (Whittington Press, 1998)
- Country chaos. (Whittington Press, 1980)
References
edit- ^ a b Brett, Simon (2002). An engraver's globe : wood engraving world-wide in the twenty-first century. Smith Settle (Firm). London. p. 253. ISBN 978-1901648126. OCLC 49970258.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b c Jones, Cordelia (1989). Engraved gardens. Cambridge: Silent Books. p. 56. ISBN 978-1851830169. OCLC 39977322.
- ^ Burton, Anthony (2017). Crafted in britain: the survival of britain's traditional industries. Place of publication not identified: Adlard Coles Nautical. p. 195. ISBN 9781472922830. OCLC 948336331.
- ^ Macgregor, Miriam (2003). "The forgotten pleasures of hand-setting". Matrix. 12: n.p – via ARTbibliographies Modern.
- ^ Randle, John; Macgregor, Miriam; Henry, Barbara; Whittington Press; Center for Book Arts (New York, N.Y.); Museum of Printing History (Houston, Tex.) (2008). Illustrated fine printing: Whittington & Matrix in America. New York: Center for Book Arts. p. 10. OCLC 417661764.
- ^ Campbell, Nancy (June 2012). "Sweeping statement". Printmaking Today. 21 (2): 33. ISSN 0960-9253 – via ARTbibliographies Modern.
- ^ "Cat cuts , 1999". Yale Center for British Art. Yale University. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
External links
edit- Whittington Press
- Modern British Wood Engraving video, featuring Miriam Macgregor (trailer for longer video by Society of Wood Engravers)
- Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers biographical statement
- Short biography, Slightly Foxed website
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